Mindfulness only seems strange to people who don’t yet know it’s possible to exercise their attention to feel more alive.

Equanimity is the ability to allow a sensory perception to play out without trying to change it. It’s an attentional skill you already have that gets stronger when you exercise it habitually.

Expand your options for developing focus and awareness.

How to adapt focus strategies people use every day to concentrate on what they’re doing.

Everyone is already mindful, but we could all use a little more practice.

Instead of trying to stop thinking, try listening differently.

Pay closer attention to your life without drawing attention to yourself.

Repeatedly redirecting your attention can be frustrating, but it doesn’t have to be.

Let your thoughts and feelings help you practice being more present sometimes.

Trying not to think never works. Try practicing this instead.

Slowing down might help you save time.

Life can seem richer when we’re able to switch off cruise control sometimes.

It’s surprisingly satisfying to notice what doesn’t insist on our attention sometimes and to really notice what it’s like to be alive more often.

“I want to be drenched in cold water,
to be fully saturated,
to explode into a nap,
to share a piece of truth so true
that it shakes the schemas we've schemed —
most of all the divisions.”

Jane Klinger

When you begin a walking or running program, there are several details you can track as evidence of improvement. Your step count. The length of your stride. Your pace. The amount of time it takes your heart to return to its recover its baseline resting rate. But how will you know when you’re getting better at noticing perceptions? 

Mindfulness involves cultivating familiarity and intimacy with aspects of everyday experience that we often take for granted.

Jon Kabat-Zinn